Almond & Cinnamon Christmas Biscuits (Flourless)

It’s this time of the year again when my family and I gather in our kitchen and prepare the traditional Christmas biscuits we’ll enjoy throughout the holidays! We love making them as gift for friends, teachers and other people we want to show appreciation to.

This year I share an easy recipe of Almond and Cinnamon Biscuits – or ‘Bredele’ as they are called in Alsace. You’ll surely have fun making them with kids! The recipe is based on three simple ingredients, almond flour, powdered sugar and egg whites. I usually replace part of the white powdered sugar with my own home made xylitol powdered sugar (here is how to do your own), to decrease the glycemic index.

The biscuits are flavored with ground cinnamon. I often like to switch half of the cinnamon with gingerbread spices or ‘4-spices’ for a flavor boost.

Decorating is definitely the most fun part of making biscuits. This year my son showed me a brand new way of decorating seasonal biscuits, which will probably become the new standard in our home.

I first started to draw patiently snowflakes designs with icing sugar. This cute ‘melting’ snowman is made with a tiny marshmallow for the head, icing sugar and little brown confettis which required the use of tweezers to be set in place (so yes, doing one snowman biscuit was enough ^^).

In the meanwhile, Hugo was having the time of his life happily spreading thick layers of icing sugar on his biscuits, piling up mini marshmallows, sprinkling sugar hearts and confettis into what looked more like rocky road treats than Christmas biscuits. Needless to say I quickly let aside my sophisticated designs and joined him in his funky decorative way!

This holiday season let’s not pressure ourselves with the perfect biscuits, perfect presents or perfect decorations. Rather let’s savor those precious simple moments with our loved ones, because that’s what really matters.

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I’m Vanessa and this blog is about my discoveries and journey in the world of gluten free cuisine. Excluding gluten by no way means giving up on the food I love! My mission is to show that gluten free food can be delicious, ‘gourmand’, cheerful, beautiful… and to be shared with everyone! About Chocolate & Quinoa